Heart of Gold Launches! (the website, not the boat)

[heartofgold]

After repeatedly threatening to go online with a website, the day has finally arrived. Come visit us at http://heartofgoldsails.com

The site is still under construction (like any good sailboat, whose isn't?). Let me thank all the participants of the Forum: in your own way, you have all contributed to the success of the Heart of Gold's restoration and the website itself.

I am still creating my guestbook, I am sure Tim won't mind if I ask you to post your feedback here until I get that part up and running.

For details on the boat's fate, see this year's Sailing Logs on the site.
Enjoy!

[Tim]

Doug,

She looks great (the boat)! Likewise the site. I made it through some of the site tonight, and will return tomorrow to finish if, as I now suspect, I am sitting around with nothing to with a cruising weather delay. (Nothing like being all prepared to go and then waiting for the fog...which just won't quit these past couple weeks!)

[dasein668]

Boat's looking nice! I like the celtic (?) inlay work near the bow. Nice. And the Claret looks great.

[heartofgold]

Nathan,

Yes that is a Celtic knot design. As I was replacing the aluminum/rubber rubrail with mahogany, I wanted something special up front. Originally I was looking for a scroll design like you see on some boats, but I couldn't find anything I could use. I accidentally stumbled across a Celtic knot design and reworked it until it was what I wanted and usable. I also encorporated a Celtic design into the name board. I'll have more of the step-by-step with accompanying pictures when I get May's logs posted....

[dasein668]

Very nice. Look forward to reading about the process!

[bcooke]

Congratulations on finally winning the battle with the higher authorities.

Enjoy your christening sail.

-Britton